License holder



1. M. BRADY.

LICENSE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15. I922.

Patented N 0v. 28, 1922.

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Patented Nov. 28 1922.

JAMES M. BRADY, OF DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

LICENSE Application filed une 15,

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, JAMES M. BRADY, a citizen of the United States,residing at D'ubois, in the county of Clearfield and State ofPennsylvania, have inventedv certain new and useful Improvements inLicense Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holding devices for cards or tags and isdesigned more especially as a holding means fora hunters license card.It is customary to carry such cards upon the outside of the hunting coator jacket where they will be plainly exposed to view, and heretoforevarious crude .devices have been employed for holding the cards inplace. Such devices have been unsatisfactory for various reasons; theyhave not generally been adapted to. protect the card from the elementsnor have they usually been constructed to effectually protect the cardfrom mutilation. The present invention has as'one of its primary objectsto provide a holding device or pocket for such a card either attached tothe hunting coat or jacket at the time of manufacture or sold as aseparate article to be attached by the purchaser and which devicewill'so house the card as to effectually protect the same from theelements and from contact with obstructions such as tree branches andthe like which would be liable to mutilate the card.

Another object of the invention is to pro.- vide a device for thepurpose stated so constructed that it may be readily attached to thegarment and likewise readily detached therefrom so as to permit of theintroduction or removal of the license card, the invention furthercontemplating the construction of the device in such a manner as toprevent loss or displacement of the card after it has been placed in thepocket.

'In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of one form of the device attached to ahunting jacket;

Fig. 2 is a detail horizontal sectional view onthe line 2..2 of Fig. 1;V

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 illustrating a modified'form of theinvention.

That form of invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings isadapted to be at-. tached or applied to the coat or acket at the timevof manufacture, whereas that; form illustrated in Fig. 4 is deslgnedmojrepar- HOLDER.

1922. Serial No. 568,604.

chaser. Except for the attaching means, the

two forms are substantially identical and in each instancethe devicecomprises a pocket which is indicated in general by the numeral 1 andwhich may be formed from any suitable material such for example asleather. This'pocket comprises a back 2 and a front 3 and the twomembers of the pocket are united along their upper and lower margins bylines of stitching indicated by the numeral 4. The ends or lateralportions of the two members, however, are left mutually disconnected sothat the license card, which is indicated by the numeral 5, may beinserted into the pocket through either end thereof. The front 3 of thepocket is provided with a sight opening 6 through which the face of thecard may be displayed, and a transparent. pane 7 of ising glass,celluloid, or the like, is secured within this opening so as to protectthe card and yet leave the same visible. w

The supporting and attaching means for the pocket 1, in that form of theinvention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and, 3, comprises a strap 8 which isstitched or otherwise secured, as at 9, at a point preferably midwaybetween its ends to any suitable portion of the garment as, for example,the back, where such license cards or tags are ordinarily worn, and theportions of the strap at the opposite sides of its attachedintermediateportion are first passed through slots 10 formed in theback2 of the pocket and into said pocket and thence through other slots11 formed in the said back of the pocket and to the exterior thereof.The said portions of the-strap are then passed through slots 12 and 13formed in the lateral portions of the back 2 and front 3,'respectively,of said pocket, and the ends of the strap are provided with snapfastening elements 14 engageable with companion elements 15 securedtothe garment. The strap 8 extends across the garment as will be evidentby reference to Fig. 1 and therefore extends across the pocket 1, and

inasmuch'as the endportions of the strap teners comprising the elements14 and 15 of course permits of ready attachment and detachment of thepocket and supporting strap,

and it will be understood that the license card or tag may be removedand inserted through either end of the pocket by'merely withdrawing thatend portion of the strap 8' which is passed through the slots 12 and 13at said end of the pocket. Of course, the reinsertion of the strap endthrough the slots will serve to again close the end of the pocket andprevent loss or displacement of vthe card or tag.

In that, form of the invention shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing, the strapcorresponding tothe strap 8 is indicated in generalby the numeral 16 andcomprises an intermediate section 17 and endsections 18, which lattersections are stitched or otherwise secured by the purchaser of thearticle, to the garment as indicated by the numeral 19. The members of asnap fastener 20 are secured to the free ends of the sections 18 and tothe ends'ofthe section 17 of the strap and provide means whereby thestrap may be temporarily disconnected from the garment substantially inthe same manner and for the same purpose as beforepointed out.

From the foregoing description. of the invention it will be seen thatthere is provided a card or tag holder which will effectually protectthe card or tag disposed therein and which will prevent loss ordisplacement of the card or tag and yet permit of its ready removal andreplacement.

Having thus described the invention, what 7 is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a pocket having a mouth,the walls of the pocket adjacent the mouth having openings therein, anattaching strap for attaching the ocket to a garment, the strap beinginserta le through the said openings to retain withinthe pocket a cardor the like inserted therein, and means for separably connecting theextending portion of the strap to thegarment,

- v 2. A device of "the class described comprising a pocket having amouth, the walls of the pocket being provided adjacent, the the rearwall of the pocket being also provided with spaced mouth with openings,

openings, and a strap attachable to a garment and inserted through the vlast-mentioned openings whereby to support the pocket, an

end portion of the strap being insertable also through thefirst-mentioned openings where- 'by to retain in the pocket a card orthe like inserted therein.

3. A device of the class described comprising a pocket having amouth,'the walls of the pocket being provided adjacent the mouthwithopen1ngs, the rear wall of the pocket being also provided withspaced 0penings, a strap attachable to a garmentand inserted through thelast-mentioned openings whereby to support the pocket, an end portion ofthe strap being insertable also through the first-mentioned openingswhereby to retain in the pocket a card or the like inserted therein, andmeans for separably connecting the last-mentioned end of the strap withthe garment.

1 4. A device of the class described comprising a pocket having frontand back walls, the back wall being provided with slots in itsintermediate portion and with other slots near its opposite margins,both the front and back walls of the'pocket beat said marginsbeingmutually unattached whereby the pocket is provided with a mouth ateither side, and an' attaching strap for the pocket threaded through theslots inthe back wall of the pocket and having its end portions threadedthrough .the last-mentioned slots in both. the back and front wallswhereby to constitute means for retaining in place a card or the likeinserted in said .pocket.

5. A device of the, class described comprising a pocket-having front andback walls,

' the back wall being provided with slots in its intermediate portionvand with other slots near its opposite margins, both the front and-backwalls of the pocket being provided with slots adjacent the said oppositemargins, said walls of thepocket at said margins bein mutuallyunattached whereby the pocket 1s provided with-a mouth at either side,an attaching strap for the pocket threaded through the slots in the backwall of the pocket, and having its end portions threaded through the:last tmen' tioned slots in both the back and front walls whereby toconstitute means for .retaining in place .a card or the like inserted insaid pocket,'and means for: separably connecting eitherend of saidistrapwith a garment.

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